 | Great Britain. Board of Agriculture - 1794 - 464 pages
...Dcrbyfnirc, the corn imported into Liverpool, is chiefly for the confumption of Lancashire. • Thcadvanc: of wages, and the preference given to the manufacturing...work by the piece,' and under cover; have induced in;iny to forfakc tlic fpadc for the fhuttlc, and have embarraffv.V the farmers, by the fcarcity of... | |
 | 1795 - 492 pages
...thele two, the importation of grain and flour, ufed chiefly in this county, is almoil incredible.— The advance of wages, and the preference given to...under cover ; have induced many to forfake the fpade fer the ihuttle, and have embarraiTed. the farmers, by the fcarcity of workmen, end, of courfe, advanced... | |
 | Great Britain - 1796 - 982 pages
...thele two, the importation of grain and flour, ufed chiefly in this country, is almoir. incredible. The advance of wages, and the preference given to...many to forfake the fpade for the fhuttle, and have embarafled the farmers, by the • fcarcily of workmen, and, of courfc, advanced the price of labour.... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1796 - 524 pages
...incredible,— The advance of wages, and the prefetence given to the manufafturing employment, by labour. ers in general, where they may work by the piece, and...cover, have induced many to forfake the fpade for the ihuttle, and have embarrafle'd the farmers, by the fcnrcity of workmen, and, of courfe, advanced the... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1796 - 512 pages
...thefe two, the importation of grain and Sour, uled chiefly in this county, is almolt incredible.— ^The advance of wages, and the preference given to the manufacturing employment, by labourers. in gjeneral, where they may work by the piece, and under cover, have induced many to forfake the fpade... | |
 | William Humphrey Marshall - 1808 - 602 pages
...importation of grain and flour, used chiefly in this county, county, is almost incredible." And, p. 210, " The advance of wages, and the preference given to the manufacturing employment, by laborers in general, where they may work by the piece, and under cover, have induced many to forsake... | |
 | Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - Agriculture - 1815 - 690 pages
...the cultivation and improvement of the land. It has indeed been stated in the Original Hcport, that " the advance of wages, and the preference given to the manufacturing employment, by labourer* in general, where they may work by the piece, and under cover, have induced many tu forsake... | |
 | David Levine - Political Science - 1987 - 268 pages
...servants-in-husbandry were impossible to hire, at reasonable wages. "The advance of wages and the preference given to manufacturing employment by labourers in general,...where they may work by the piece and under cover, have many to forsake the spade for the shuttle, and have embarrassed the farmers by the scarcity of workmen,... | |
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The advance of wages, and the preference given to the manufacturing employment, by laborers in general, where they may work by the piece... 